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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

July 29, 1998Davis County, Morgan County, Salt Lake County, Utah

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1998, 8:06 PM MDT for Davis County, Morgan County, Salt Lake County, Utah. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 1998, 8:06 PM MDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1998, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Davis County, UT, Morgan County, UT, Salt Lake County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 15 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 1998-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 621 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salt Lake City I, UT at 00:00Z on 1998-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
621 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2346 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

146 
WUUS1 KSLC 300210 RRA
SVRSLC
UTC011-029-035-300245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
806 PM MDT WED JUL 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
     SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN UTAH
     EASTERN DAVIS COUNTY IN UTAH
     NORTHEASTERN SALT LAKE COUNTY IN UTAH
     INCLUDING KAYSVILLE...BOUNTIFUL...MORGAN...SALT LAKE CITY...
      CENTERVILLE...AND FARMINGTON

   * UNTIL 845 PM MDT

   * AT 759 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
     SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH SALT LAKE AND CENTERVILLE        
     ...MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.

THIS STORM AS A HISTORY OF STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.  DOPPLER 
RADAR ALSO INDICATES HAIL WITH THIS STORM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN SALT LAKE CITY.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 6:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBox Elder43 min
Jul 29, 7:00 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningSLCSanpete75 min
Jul 29, 7:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCDavis, Salt Lake42 min
Jul 30, 4:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCDuchesne, Summit, Wasatch50 min
Jul 30, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCBeaver, Iron53 min
Jul 30, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCEmery43 min
Jul 30, 5:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCDavis, Weber52 min
Jul 30, 5:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSLCWeber31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Utah, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.